Middle: House leadership takes over ball deep in their own territory. Attempts trick play with that tree bill stunt on Thursday. Unfortunately, the defense (ie. the Freedom caucus) was caught badly out of position and House leadership scored a touchdown.

This isn't the end of the world, but it's a potential momentum shift if left unaddressed.

The way to address it is for the Freedom caucus to not rely on other members and to have undeniably germane amendments ready to go on every bill that comes to the floor.

[Note: The fact that the bill in question was HB 7 was how we came up with this metaphor in the first place.]